On voit plus de vieux ivrognes que de vieux médecins.There are more old drunkards than old doctors.
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Point de nouvelles bonnes nouvelles.No news is good news.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesOn ne va jamais si loin que lorsqu’on ne sait pas où l’on va.One never goes so far as when one doesn’t know whither one is going.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui naît le dimanche, jamais ne meurt de peste.A Sunday’s child never dies of the plague.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesSonges sont mensonges.Dreams are lies.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe qui je me fie Dieu me garde.God save me from those I trust in.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMéchant poulain peut devenir bon cheval.A ragged colt may make a good horse.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQuand on parle du loup, on en voit la queue.Talk of the wolf and you see his tail.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl n’y a ni rime ni raison.There’s neither rhyme nor reason.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesAimer et savoir n’ont même manière.To love and to be wise are two different things.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui chapon mange chapon lui vient.Who eats capon, capon comes to him.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa faim chasse le loup hors du bois.Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesMets ton manteau comme vient le vent.Arrange your cloak as the wind blows.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesA carême-prenant chacun a besoin de sa poële.At shrove-tide every one has need of his frying-pan.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesChercher midi à quatorze heures.To look for noon at fourteen o’clock.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesIl faut prendre le bénéfice avec les charges.The benefice must be taken with its liabilities.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLa lame use le fourreau.The blade wears out the sheath.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesQui mouche trop son nez, en tire du sang.Who blows his nose too hard makes it bleed.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes oisons veulent mener les oies paître.The goslings would lead the geese out to grass.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesBâton porte paix.A stick is a peacemaker.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLes conseillers ne sont pas les payeurs.Advisers are not the payers.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesLongue demeure fait changer ami.Long absence changes friends.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesDe toute taille bon chien.There are good dogs of all sizes.
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Read the saying and check its sourcesC’est un cheval à quatre pieds blancs.He is a horse with four white feet (i.e., he is unlucky).
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